tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060170380021797645.post6216133106078263219..comments2024-03-27T03:12:53.818-04:00Comments on let's anime: 1987 catalog of dreams and VHS tapesd.merrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704651182760972937noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060170380021797645.post-6803477238260896942020-09-19T13:44:27.858-04:002020-09-19T13:44:27.858-04:00I just discovered this blog, thanks to a group I&#...I just discovered this blog, thanks to a group I've had some association with. High point of my week.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15584204865647110981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060170380021797645.post-27436795733674187162020-09-14T09:39:17.447-04:002020-09-14T09:39:17.447-04:00Most of the anime being sold on VHS at American co...Most of the anime being sold on VHS at American comic conventions in the 1980s were bootleg tapes being sold by what were then regarded as "video pirates". Wyvern Web were one of the few companies selling legitimate licensed Japanese anime at that time. Eventually the increasing availability of licensed product - and the edicts of the convention vendor hall contracts - drove out most ofd.merrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704651182760972937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060170380021797645.post-90017857007042751282020-09-13T14:57:40.856-04:002020-09-13T14:57:40.856-04:00When I attended comic and sci-fi conventions in th...When I attended comic and sci-fi conventions in the 80s, I would pass by the occasional dealer selling VHS tapes of anime. Seeing as I was mostly into comics at this time, I had little interest in anime. The tapes didn't have subtitles and I didn't have a VCR anyway.Alan W. Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02438005565209037816noreply@blogger.com